Horseshoe Bend Campground (OR)
2Heads up2 fires, nearest 13 mi
- Right now
- Shut for nowOutside the published season, our reading; a database flag says not open
- A night
- $20From, per site
- Sites
- 25All of them booked ahead
- Season
- – September 30Closes September 30. No opening date published.
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 6 notices
In the agency’s own words
Horseshoe Bend Campground is situated in a stand of old growth Douglas fir, sugar pine, and deciduous trees, on the banks of the Wild & Scenic North Umpqua River. The campground offers the perfect setting for families, anglers, whitewater enthusiasts, and anyone who wants to escape and relax in their natural surroundings. Keep reading
Recreation
Horseshoe Bend Campground is in a prime location for many outdoor activities including hiking, fly fishing, mountain biking, swimming, and whitewater rafting to name a few. Nature photographers find no shortage of amazing scenery to photograph and if wildlife viewing and sightseeing is your thing, look no further! The North Umpqua River, which runs adjacent to this campground, drains portions of the western side of the Cascade Range. Almost 34 miles of this river has been designated Wild & Scenic for its outstanding fisheries, recreational offerings, water quality and quantity, cultural resources, and scenery. Renowned for world-class salmon and steelhead fishing, and exhilarating whitewater challenges, the North Umpqua River offers an ideal setting for many recreational pursuits. Running nearly parallel to the North Umpqua River is the popular North Umpqua Trail. This 79 mile National Recreation Trail offers a trek for every ability. Mountain bikers won't feel left out as there are many opportunities to test your riding skills. Several trailheads can be accessed in the vicinity of the campground. In most places the trail travels near the river, allowing you to hike or ride with the sound of rapids and picturesque views spurring you on. Passing through lush forests, old-growth trees, and rocky bluffs, you will also occasionally get a bird's eye view of the river. This trail will not disappoint!
Facilities
This campground is equipped with potable water and bathrooms with flush toilets and hand washing sinks. Access to the North Umpqua River is adjacent to many sites. Roads and spurs in this campground are paved. There are 25 sites that are reservable through recreation.gov. All sites have picnic tables and fire rings; some have barbeque grills. Trash receptacles are available, and a campground host is on site.
Natural Features
Visitors to the Umpqua National Forest are often taken aback by the unique landscape of southwestern Oregon. Explosive events have shaped the distinctive landscape on the nearly 1 million-acre forest, and provide spectacular scenery as well as an abundance of natural and cultural resources. The translation of the word "Umpqua" meaning "thundering waters" defines the area. High mountain lakes, heart stopping rapids, peaceful ponds, and thundering waterfalls offer visitors many options to play in nature. Diverse ecosystems support a wide range of habitat for wildlife common to the area. From eagles and owls, to salamanders and salmon, these species, along with many others, depend on surrounding undeveloped wilderness, clean streams and diverse forests to live. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (760) 932-7092.
Nearby Attractions
In addition to the hiking and mountain biking opportunities nearby, there is also a non-motorized boat ramp and whitewater rafting available on the river. Visitors may want to take some time to visit nearby Crater Lake National Park, the only national park in Oregon! The amazing Crater Lake area offers a glimpse into the volcanic history of the area. Experience 172 miles of diverse river and mountain landscapes along the Rogue-Umpqua National Scenic Byway. Travel from rolling oak-covered hills and towering coniferous forests, amid some of the most unique geologic features. From roaring white water rapids to inter-canyon lava flows, this drive will take your breath away. The highway travels alongside the Upper Rogue and North Umpqua Wild & Scenic Rivers that contain world class fisheries.
Charges & Cancellations
Reservation sites will be held until check out time (11am) the day following your arrival date. Sites must be occupied by the checkout time of that following day to hold a reservation or the site will be forfeited and released to other guests. Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the Campground Manager will be able to modify your reservation.
What the agency tells you
Electric hookups are not available.
Check-in time is 1:00 p.m.; checkout time is 11:00 a.m.
To provide a quality experience for other campers, loud/boisterous parties are prohibited at this campground.
Everything else this campground posts · 3
Drinking water is available.
Maximum vehicle length: 35 feet
Extra vehicle fee: $5/ per day, per vehicle. Payable only at campground.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 25
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 35 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- 5
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- “Facilities This campground is equipped with potable water and bathrooms with flush toilets and hand washing sinks.”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “Facilities This campground is equipped with potable water and bathrooms with flush toilets and hand washing sinks.”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
Around the campground
- On the water
- Waterfall, Lake, River, Creek
- Birding
- Fishing
- Swimming
- Night sky · 255th darkest of 770 in OR
- Bortle 2
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
Watch for a cancellation
Full? Watch it.
One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
Tell me when the season opens
Watch for the season to open
One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 14
What you actually pay
“$5.00 per additional vehicle per day” · the U.S. Forest Service’s own fee record
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $20 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
“Reservation sites will be held until check out time (11am) the day following your arrival date. Sites must be occupied by the checkout time of that following day to hold a reservation or the site will be forfeited and released to other guests. Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Co…” · this campground’s own terms
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 7
rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
25 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 25 mapped sitesAll 25 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 25 of the 25 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.
| Beaver | 001 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 113 ft | 205 ft | $20 | |
| Beaver | 002 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 116 ft | 303 ft | $20 | |
| Beaver | 003 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 84 ft | 231 ft | $20 | |
| Beaver | 004 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 81 ft | 163 ft | $20 | |
| Beaver | 017 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 75 ft | 81 ft | $20 | |
| Beaver | 018 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | yes | 75 ft | 147 ft | $20 |
| Beaver | 019 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 102 ft | 68 ft | $20 | |
| Beaver | 020 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | yes | 102 ft | 170 ft | $20 |
| Beaver | 021 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 108 ft | 230 ft | $20 | |
| Beaver | 022 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 113 ft | 157 ft | $20 | |
| Beaver | 023 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | yes | 130 ft | 88 ft | $20 |
| Beaver | 024 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | yes | 61 ft | 66 ft | $20 |
| Beaver | 025 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | yes | 61 ft | 99 ft | $20 |
| Otter | 005 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 91 ft | 107 ft | $20 | |
| Otter | 006 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 99 ft | 256 ft | $20 | |
| Otter | 007 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 106 ft | 246 ft | $20 | |
| Otter | 008 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 158 ft | 224 ft | $20 | |
| Otter | 009 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 150 ft | 69 ft | $20 | |
| Otter | 010 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 44 ft | 102 ft | $20 | |
| Otter | 011 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 44 ft | 121 ft | $20 | |
| Otter | 012 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 99 ft | 171 ft | $20 | |
| Otter | 013 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 99 ft | 156 ft | $20 | |
| Otter | 014 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 83 ft | 174 ft | $20 | |
| Otter | 015 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 83 ft | 172 ft | $20 | |
| Otter | 016 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 91 ft | 19 ft | $20 |
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Deer Flat Group Site (Horseshoe Bend Campground)Umpqua National Forest · 0.0 miApple Creek CampgroundUmpqua National Forest · 2.8 miDeer Flat Group CampgroundUmpqua National Forest · 3.0 mi
Eagle Rock CampgroundUmpqua National Forest · 3.7 mi
Umpqua Off-Season CampgroundsUmpqua National Forest · 5.0 mi
Boulder Flat CampgroundUmpqua National Forest · 5.2 miFrom Roseburg, OR, travel east on OR-138 East/ NE Diamond Lake Boulevard for approximately 51 miles. Turn right on Forest Service Road (FSR) 4750 and follow less than 1/4 mile. At the junction turn right onto FSR 4750-001. Follow the road approximately 0.5 mile into the campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Glide, OR
Typical weather
Typical September night 46°F, day 76°F.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or moreOutside the published season
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
what threatens it · who answers for it
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Horseshoe Bend Campground (OR) is in Oregon’s 2nd congressional district. Its representative, Cliff Bentz (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →